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NARRATOR: The Adventures of Superman!

Faster than a speeding bullet.

More powerful than a locomotive.

Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound.

MAN: Look! Up in the sky! MAN 2: It's a bird!

WOMAN: It's a plane! MAN 3: It's Superman!

NARRATOR: Yes, it's Superman,

strange visitor from another planet

who came to Earth with powers and abilities

far beyond those of mortal men.

Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers,

bend steel in his bare hands,

and who, disguised as Clark Kent,

mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper,

fights a never-ending battle

for truth, justice and the American way.

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PERRY: Well, well, the Bobbsey twins.

I trust I'm not interrupting any plans.

Ah, that's all right, chief.

We've been waiting for you an hour, Clark.

You're harder to keep track of than Superman.

Uh, yes, Lois. What is it, chief?

Oh, merely a stroke of genius.

An idea for a layout for the Sunday supplement.

And I want you and Lois and "Flashbulb" Olsen to cover it.

Right, chief. Come on, gang, let's go.

Olsen.

Would it upset you very much to find out

what you're supposed to do before you start doing it?

Me?

Uh, yes, that might help.

Now...

there's a deserted island in the Pacific called Island Able.

It's a Naval target area.

The fleet's going to shell it with everything they have.

I want you on that island taking pictures.

But, chief.

You mean you want us to be on the island

while they're shelling it?

I just hope there's a Monday supplement

telling how we gave our lives for the Sunday supplement.

Don't tempt me.

What I want are pictures of that island

before and after the bombardment.

Oh, that's different, chief.

They would make a wonderful layout.

But why don't you let me handle this by myself. You see...

Oh, no, you don't, Clark.

I've always wanted to visit one of those lush, tropical isles.

Swarming with lush, tropical native princesses.

The island is deserted, of course.

Now, I thought you could take a plane to Hawaii.

And there, charter a seaplane and go the rest of the trip.

You can fly one of those, can't you, Kent?

Why, of course, sir, that's no problem.

But I thought I could do this much faster alone.

You can't make it any faster alone than with us.

So quit trying to hog the whole story.

All right, Lois.

Now, if you'll all sit down, I'll give you the details.

And you'd better listen,

unless you want to be part of the target.

Now, here. Starting here...

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Golly, isn't this dreamy?

Yes, it is.

Unfortunately, Lois, we're here to work.

Or at least "Flashbulb" Olsen is.

Well, I'm ready. Where do I start?

Well, I suggest that we start by looking

for some decent places to take pictures.

A lot of territory to cover.

Mm-hm, and don't forget we have to be outta here by 4:00.

Yeah, then come back tomorrow to see what's left.

I'd forgotten all about the Navy and things like that.

This seems like something out of the past.

Well, unfortunately, it's not. So shall we go?

[BELLOWS]

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Ods bodkins.

Ods bodkins?

Ha! Where are the rest of them?

Uh, the rest of whom?

I asked you first.

Ah, so you did. So you did.

Uh, this is all of them. I mean, we're... This is us.

Oh, dear.

My great-great-grandfather captured 100 people at a time.

Well, uh, I'd be very glad to go back and get some more

if only you'll excuse...

Easy does it, laddie.

I say, captain, don't you think

these three blighters are better than nothing?

I suppose so.

What to do except capture them?

Ah, yes. I have it.

We'll court-martial them.

What for?

Mutiny, you black-hearted idiot.

Or, uh, can you suggest anything better?

Uh, excuse me, sir, but just who are you?

I, sir, am Captain Blood.

This is Captain Thud, Captain Scud, Captain Mud,

and Lieutenant Schultze.

How do you do, Schultze. Schultze?

Uh... what I wanted to say was, um,

what are you doing in these costumes?

[SIGHS]

We lost our ship in a hurricane.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

Three hundred years ago.

Why, you don't look a day over 50.

I'm not.

My great-great-great- great-grandfather lost the ship.

Careless of him, wasn't it?

Dreadful.

Clark, I don't know who these people are,

but we've got to get them off the island before 4.

Don't mention it until we find out more.

I've heard of people seeing spots before their eyes,

but pirates.

Excuse me, captain,

but shouldn't we get on with the capturing?

Oh, dear, dear, dear me. Yes, yes. Well, now, let me see.

How would you like to be captured?

We have three different methods to choose from.

If you don't mind, sir, I think we'll just go along peacefully.

Peacefully? Yes.

Oh, no, no, that's not one of the methods.

I tell you, we'll tie their hands

just for the sake of appearances.

[ALL LAUGHING]

There you are, old boy.

Well... Uh, no lusty pirate songs?

Oh, uh, no. No, we never learned any.

Oh.

Come with me. March.

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The old man is coming. Get back to work.

Girls, come on!

I bet I sailed this stump around the world four times already.

Hey, people, just like us.

Yeah. If they had a way to get on the island,

maybe they got a way to get off.

And maybe take us with them, huh?

No. All we want's their transportation.

Set up the courts, old chaps,

before I throw you to the sharks.

Is he kidding?

I'm Tyler. That's Riffles.

Welcome to paradise.

How do you do?

Are you pirates too?

Well, we're apprentice pirates.

How did you get here?

We were flying to China, and our plane conked out.

And we had to ditch it.

We washed up here three years ago.

Well, I hope I get a chance to talk to you later.

I hope so too.

Come, come, we've no time to waste.

Line up before the bar... of justice.

Clark, they wouldn't really do anything, would they?

I don't know, Lois.

They've been here so long. Generations, probably.

They really believe this nonsense.

What I don't like is the looks of those two.

Now, is it true that you were cast ashore

from one of his majesty's ships?

Uh, no, sir. We came by seaplane.

Oh.

Make a note of that.

I already have.

Captain Thud, read the charges.

Mutiny, captain.

It's the only bloomin' charge we have.

Mutiny.

Mutiny...

This calls for stringing 'em from the yardarm.

I order them strung from the yardarm.

They're crazy enough to do it.

Oh, in the spirit of good, clean fun, of course.

I say, captain, there aren't any yardarms.

Oh, dear, what a pity.

Then they'll have to settle by walking the plank.

Captain, our ancestors ran out of planks 200 years ago.

Oh, bother.

I have it.

We'll lop their blooming heads off.

Do you think they'd really do it?

Tough way to lose your head.

With Superman 5000 miles away in Metropolis.

Clark, for once, I wish you really were Superman.

Yes, I wish I were Superman too without, um...

What do you mean?

Well, I mean, I wish I could turn into Superman.

Well, wishing isn't going to help.

Well, let's see if a little 20th century psychology will.

Now, just a minute.

You claim this to be a pirate court-martial.

All right. How do we know that you're really pirates?

Ods bodkins.

Are you asking us to prove that we're really pirates?

Naturally.

But there's nothing about it in the book.

Exactly, so perhaps you aren't.

For example, what do you do here?

PIRATE: What do we do?

That's right, what do you do?

Why, we, uh...

We, uh... [STAMMERING]

Hunt treasure, naturally.

Come with me.

You dropped this, I believe.

Thanks.

Clark, they look real.

They are, Lois. Must be worth a million dollars.

There. Now, are you satisfied?

Well, not exactly.

You see, genuine pirates usually bury treasure.

Oh, dear. But if you insist.

Captain Thud, order a treasure party.

Already organized, captain.

There's some very nice treasure just 20 paces east

of Triangle Rock.

Excellent.

Where did all this treasure come from in the first place?

Oh, it's always been here.

Naturally. After we dig it all up, we bury it again

for the next generation.

Must lose a lot of treasure.

Hm, never looked at it that way before.

This is fantastic.

There are easier businesses than pirating.

But somebody's got to do it.

Shall we go?

Let's.

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All right, go on, beat it, all of you.

Ain't fair.

All the trouble we had tryi" to rob them banks back home.

And here we got a fortune right in our mitts,

and nothin' to spend it on.

You leave it to me.

Those newcomers aren't dumb, so we've gotta play it careful.

But I guarantee,

the only ones that'll leave this island alive

will be you and me with a bag of those sparklers.

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But if you're just gonna bury it again,

why do you dig it up in the first place?

Well, that's a silly question.

What else could we do with the bloomin' holes?

[PIRATES CHUCKLING]

Clark, we're really in the middle.

The longer we stall them off, the closer we come

to getting blown to bits by the Navy.

I know, Lois.

If I could only get off by myself for just a minute.

What good would that do, Mr. Kent?

Forget it, Clark. There's no way to contact Superman.

I'm afraid you're right, Lois.

I don't know what good it would do if I could.

Well done, well done. There.

I must admit it's rather odd-looking for a treasure.

Captain, it isn't a treasure.

It's a magnetic mine.

Probably left over from the last war,

floated here on some high tide.

Oh, then it means we're really pirates.

So we can lop your bloomin' heads off after all.

Dig it up... Now, wait, wait, please.

Just a minute, the detonators on that mine may be rusty,

but all you have to do is just touch 'em a certain way,

and we'll be blown to bits.

I say, you know, that's hardly cricket.

You're making this up just to save your lives.

[SIGHS]

I knew someday I might have to resort to this.

Just a minute, let me think.

Clark, what are you gonna do?

Something rather desperate, I'm afraid, Lois.

Oh, don't tell me there's really some man in you after all.

I've got it. Leave the treasure where it is.

You two stand guard.

We'll go and tend the execution. Come with me.

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Mr. Tyler, can't you do something?

Tut, tut, my dear, you'll never feel a thing.

Neither will you, once the Navy begins shelling this island.

What's that?

Captain, I don't quite know how to tell you this,

but, uh, we're running out of time.

What in thunder is it now?

I presume you know what a navy is?

Naturally. His majesty's navy has chased us pirates

halfway around the world.

Well, that's fascinating, but the biggest navy in the world

is headed this way, and they're gonna blow this island apart.

I suggest that you abandon ship.

Run?

From the Navy?

By the Jolly Roger, never.

But captain, you don't understand...

We'll give 'em a fight before we're through.

Right, Thud? Right, Mud?

Right, captain. Yes, captain.

Captain, you can't fight the United States Navy.

We'll fight any old navy. Bring up the artillery!

We'll blow them off the map.

Blow them off the map with that?

[WHISPERING] This is too good to be true.

Why, it's made to order.

We load up with those jewels and snatch that plane

and off we go.

And leave the rest to the United States Navy.

Well, I don't know if that's such a good idea.

You leave it to me.

Captain, uh, I'd like to give you a little advice.

I wouldn't believe any of that stuff they're telling you,

I think they're trying to trick you into surrendering.

Surrender?

Ha-ha-ha, Not at all. Never.

Ha-ha, that a boy, captain.

Because Riffles and I are with ya.

Just one thing though, in case.

Tie these people up securely and then send your men out

looking for better fortifications.

Excellent idea.

Remind me to promote you to something or other.

You can promote me to millionaire, captain.

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But, captain, it would have been much more fun

if we'd lopped off their heads.

Later, captain, later.

Right now, we have to find Scud and Schultze

and then locate the fortifications.

Here, they come now, captain.

Riffles, that's a mine.

A mine? Let me outta here.

We brought it with us, captain.

Too late for it now.

Captain, uh, let me take over here.

You've got a lot work to do.

Splendid idea. Take the deck.

Follow me, lads.

We'll bring a surprise to the royal navy,

or my name isn't...

Captain... Blood!

Maybe the thing's wore out.

I hope.

It's rusty, but I'll fix it.

Go load up some of that ice. Quick!

Okay.

Man, we ain't gonna be on easy street,

we're gonna be able to buy it.

Hey, what are you doin' there?

That one with the glasses is a pretty smooth talker.

He's liable to talk Blood out of stayin'.

That is, if he's alive when Blood gets back.

Hey, you may be right.

Clark, I worked my gag loose.

Can you hear me?

Mm-hm-hm.

Clark, can you hear me?

Mm-hm-hm.

Oh, well, it won't do any good.

Only Superman could get us out of this.

Looks like we reached the end of our rope, huh?

Very funny.

Well, thanks a lot for the use of the aeroplane.

What...?

Come on, let's get that seaplane and lam outta here.

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We'll never see that island looking the same again.

Well, maybe someday we won't even have to practice for war.

I hope so, sir.

[WIND WHOOSHING]

I'm sorry, admiral, I hope I didn't startle you, sir.

Superman, what are you doing here?

It is highly irregular, you know.

I know it is, but I came to beg you not to shell that island.

But Superman, I have my orders.

Any changes would have to come from Washington.

We scouted that island carefully,

and we know it's deserted.

I'm afraid it's not, sir.

They hid from your scouting party.

Who? Captain Blood and his pirates.

Well, that's fine, Superman. Pirates, huh?

Yes, sir.

Well, you just run along.

I know it sounds incredible, but you must believe me.

Yeah, well, of... Of course.

Uh, thanks very much for tipping us off.

I can't blame you, I didn't believe it myself at first.

I must get you some proof. How much time do I have?

Even you would have to hurry.

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What a shame.

I understand he was a fine fellow before.

Yes, sir.

Well, I guess the strain was just too much for him.

Flag the other ships to stand by.

Yes. sir.

Who's there?

Clark, how did...? How did you get untied?

I bet I know.

I thought I heard something a little while ago,

like Superman flying.

Hey, I bet he's on the island. That's who let you loose.

That's right, Lois, you've guessed it.

But where is he now?

It's about time for the shelling to begin.

Hm... even Superman couldn't get us off here in time.

Well, that's right. He's gotta do something about it right now.

I've gotta find the captain. Excuse me.

Mr. Kent... Oh, let him go.

It's a waste of time, anyway.

I guess we've about had it this time.

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All units report ready for action, sir.

Good.

[WIND WHOOSHING]

Where's Clark Kent? Deserted us, as usual.

I see. In that case, I'll have to depend on you.

I've got to prove there are pirates on this island somehow.

All you have to do is take a look.

Jimmy, get your camera.

What good would that do?

Never mind, just get it.

Good.

Charge the rascal!

Bods odkins.

I mean, ods bodkins.

Blimey, captain, it looks like we've been boarded successfully.

Thank heaven.

We don't have to be pirates any longer.

If we don't get off this island soon,

none of us will be anything anymore.

I got it, Superman.

Thank you, Jimmy.

But he's developing it with his x-ray vision.

It's only a negative.

Maybe it'll convince the admiral.

Now, if I only have time to...

[SHELLS APPROACHING]

It's too late now.

We'll see about that.

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[EXPLOSIONS]

You never look at me like that.

But you're not Superman.

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It's incredible.

The shells are bursting in midair.

Somebody must have goofed up the mechanism.

Uh, something must have gone wrong, sir.

Signal "cease-fire."

Return to port for investigation.

Yes, sir.

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He exploded every one of those shells in midair.

I don't know what we'd do without him.

Hey, Clark, you missed it again.

Missed what?

Hey, where did Superman go?

You know he never hangs around once his job is done, Jimmy.

Oh, I was fortunate enough to capture these two characters

and stop them from stealing our seaplane.

They did drop the loot, however, in about 20 fathoms of water

to be exact.

Well, what do we do now with, uh, all these pirates?

We better leave that up to the United Nations

or our State Department.

With all the gold and jewels,

they're going to be wealthy people.

Well, haven't you heard? What?

When they suspected that these two were trying to rob them,

they sunk all the treasure in quicksand

on the other side of the island.

Just millions of dollars, gone forever.

Hm, of course, Superman could recover it for them,

but maybe it's just as well this way.

Wonderful. Wonderful.

Great story, beautiful pictures.

You've all outdone yourselves.

Well, thank you, chief, but really, it was nothing.

You can say that again.

Great story, beautiful pictures.

And do you think for a minute any of our readers

are going to believe this balderdash?

But, chief, it's... It's true.

You believe it, don't you?

Yeah, sure, sure.

I believe it, but I'm not very bright.

You know, that's the first time I ever heard him admit it.

Out, out. Get out!

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NARRATOR: Don't miss the next thrill-packed episode

in the amazing Adventures of Superman!

Superman is based on the original character

appearing in Superman magazine.